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Mandy Moore

Once a bubble-gum pop star in the manner of early Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, Mandy Moore now works to be thought of as a mature singer and actress, appearing mostly on television. She was…

Mandy Patinkin

Mandy Patinkin (Mandel Patinkin)actor, musicianBorn: 11/30/1952Birthplace: Chicago Patinkin won an Emmy Award for his role as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on the CBS series Chicago Hope (1994-1995, 1999-2000…

Mandy Patinkin Biography

Mandy Patinkin (Mandel Patinkin)actor, musicianBorn: 11/30/1952Birthplace: Chicago Patinkin won an Emmy Award for his role as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on the CBS series Chicago Hope (1994-1995, 1999-2000…

Moore's Law

(Encyclopedia) Moore's Law, a projection of semiconductor manufacturing trends made by Gordon E. Moore, cofounder of the Intel Corp., in a 1965 magazine article. He observed that the number of…

Moore Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Moore Foundation: see Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Moore, Stanford

(Encyclopedia) Moore, Stanford, 1913–82, American biochemist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1938. Moore joined the faculty at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now…

Moore, George Edward

(Encyclopedia) Moore, George Edward, 1873–1958, English philosopher, b. Upper Norwood. He was educated at Cambridge, where he was a fellow (1898–1904) and then a lecturer (1911–25) in the department…

Moore, Brian

(Encyclopedia) Moore, Brian, 1921–99, Canadian-American novelist, b. Belfast, Northern Ireland. He emigrated to Canada in 1948, where he was a reporter for the Montreal Gazette. He later moved to the…

Moore, Gordon Earle

(Encyclopedia) Moore, Gordon Earle, 1929– American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, b. San Francisco, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1954. He joined (1956) Shockley Semiconductor…

Hugh Grant

A specialist at playing charming twits and warm-hearted rogues, Hugh Grant became an international star in the 1994 comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral. By that time, Grant was a ten-year veteran of…